Nam June Paik Movies

  • 2000
    Analogue Assemblage

    Analogue Assemblage

    Analogue Assemblage

    02000HD

    Drawing from Paik's earliest experiments with video synthesizers, Analogue Assemblage employs current technology to create a multilayered montage...

    Analogue Assemblage
  • 1999
    April is the Cruelest Month

    April is the Cruelest Month

    April is the Cruelest Month

    01999HD

    Kubota continues her ongoing video diary project. Here she reflects on her relationship with her husband Nam June Paik.

    April is the Cruelest Month
  • 1971
    TV Cello Premiere

    TV Cello Premiere

    TV Cello Premiere

    01971HD

    TV Cello Premiere is a silent film documentation of Charlotte Moorman in her first performance on Paik's eponymous TV Cello at the Bonino Gallery in...

    TV Cello Premiere
  • 1964
    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

    01964HD

    Hi-Red Centre were comprised of Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi and Jiro Takamatsu, who enacted ‘happening’-style performance art...

    Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
  • 1967
    Missa of Zen

    Missa of Zen

    Missa of Zen

    01967HD

    In Missa of Zen, a TV screen, filmed from an extremely oblique angle, appears as a ghostly, flickering sliver at the side of a darkened frame. The...

    Missa of Zen
  • 1982
    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    01982HD

    The influence of Jewish fathers on their sons and the complexity of familial relationships are explored in a witty, poignant portrait of two artists....

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
  • 2006
    Winter in Miami 2005

    Winter in Miami 2005

    Winter in Miami 2005

    02006HD

    Kubota's tribute to her husband, artist Nam June Paik, who died at their home in Miami in January 2006.

    Winter in Miami 2005
  • 1965
    Button Happening

    Button Happening

    Button Happening

    01965HD

    Button Happening is Nam June Paik's earliest extant tape, and possibly his first tape ever. Recorded in 1965 on the day he acquired his first Sony...

    Button Happening
  • 1993
    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

    71993HD

    The film portrays a group of artists who since the early 1960s have completely disrupted our ideas of what art can be. In large part filmed in Venice...

    The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
  • 1972
    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

    01972HD

    This early work belongs in the company of Paik and Yalkut's classic collaborative "video-films," including Video Tape Study No. 3, Beatles...

    Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
  • 2008
    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

    02008HD

    DVD accompanying the book "Coyote III", documenting Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik performing at the Sôgetsu Hall in Tokyo on the 2nd of June...

    Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
  • 1972
    Electronic Moon No. 2

    Electronic Moon No. 2

    Electronic Moon No. 2

    6.51972HD

    Part of the "Video-Film Concert" collection released by EAI. From 1966 - 1972.

    Electronic Moon No. 2
  • 1966
    Kunst und Ketchup

    Kunst und Ketchup

    Kunst und Ketchup

    01966HD

    Early documentary about the pop art scene and happenings in Germany.

    Kunst und Ketchup
  • 2003
    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

    02003HD

    A documentary about the life and work of video artist Nam June Paik made by the Korean Broadcasting Network.

    Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
  • 1969
    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

    01969HD

    This early masterwork of electronic experimentation was created by Paik while he was Artist-in-Residence at WGBH in Boston. The title refers to the...

    9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
  • 1972
    Waiting for Commercials

    Waiting for Commercials

    Waiting for Commercials

    101972HD

    Waiting for Commercials is a hilarious compendium of Japanese TV commercials. "Beckett wrote 'Waiting for Godot' twenty years ago, but instead of...

    Waiting for Commercials
  • 1978
    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

    01978HD

    Nam June Paik and Shigeko Kubota remix interviews of Marcel Duchamp and Russell Connor.

    Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
  • 1968
    Early Color TV Manipulations

    Early Color TV Manipulations

    Early Color TV Manipulations

    01968HD

    Marked by a playful, irreverent sense of improvisation and experimentation, these experiments with image manipulation and synthesis form a link...

    Early Color TV Manipulations
  • 1970
    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

    01970HD

    Inverting the form, style and time frame of commercial television advertising, Logue has produced a unique series of dynamic video portraits of...

    Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
  • 1966
    P+A-I(k)

    P+A-I(k)

    P+A-I(k)

    01966HD

    1966, 16mm film on video, black-and-white and color; 10 minutes

    P+A-I(k)